Deanna K. Klingel has twenty published works including YA, Historical Fiction, Picture Books, Memoir, and Biographical Non-fiction; one in Spanish, and one has signed movie rights. Several have received awards and recognitions. Booksbydeanna.com/booksDeanna and her husband Dave have retired and moved to the Historic District in the town of Edenton, NC, 30 miles from Somerset Place. The Homestead, also an important place in the Somerset story, is in their neighborhood. Her walks take her past Saint Paul's Cemetery and the gravestones of the Josiah Collins families.The Klingel family consists of 7 children and their spouses, 12 grandchildren and 5 great-children. In Edenton, in their cozy 1790s restored bungalow, it's Deanna, Dave, and golden retriever Riley living a quieter life of faith, service, gardening, and reading.